British Arrest of Pinochet on Spanish Court’s Request for Human Rights Puts Spot Light on Immunities

On October 16, 1998, the British police arrested and held Gen. Augusto Pinochet on behalf of the Spanish Government who request his extradition in connection with investigations by two Spanish judges investigating Operation Condor, a plan of repression allegedly implemented by the military regimes of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay in the 1970s and 1980s. The case gives rise to the interactions between international criminal and international human rights law, diplomatic immunities, and contemporary politics... [more]